[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 137 (Monday, July 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41842-41843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17551]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP10-468-000; PF10-2-000]


Northern Border Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

July 12, 2010.
    Take notice that on July 2, 2010, Northern Border Pipeline Company 
(Northern Border), 717 Texas Street, Houston, Texas, filed in the above 
referenced docket an application pursuant to section 7(c) of the 
Natural Gas Act seeking authorization of the construction, ownership 
and operation of a new interstate natural gas pipeline lateral and 
related facilities (Princeton Lateral) designed to transport 
approximately 120 million cubic feet per day of natural gas from the 
existing Kasbeer side valve located on Northern Border's mainline 
system in Bureau County, Illinois, to a point of interconnection with 
the facilities of Central Illinois Light Company d/b/a AmerenCILCO 
(CILCO) near Princeton, Illinois, all as more fully set forth in the 
application. This filing is available for review at the Commission in 
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site 
at http://www.fer.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket 
number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support 
at [email protected] or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for 
TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
    Specifically, Northern Border seeks certificate authorization to: 
(1) Construct a new 8.65-mile lateral of 16-inch-outside-diameter 
pipeline; (2) construct an inline inspection tool launcher facility 
near the Northern Border Kasbeer side valve site; (3) construct one 8-
inch ultrasonic meter and related pipeline facilities and inline 
inspection tool at the CILCO delivery location; and (4) establish new 
lateral line rate schedules, including applicable tariff provisions and 
initial recourse rates for transportation service on the Princeton 
Lateral. Northern Border estimates the cost of the project to be 
approximately $18,415,000.
    Any questions regarding the application may be directed to Robert 
Jackson, Director, Certificates and Regulatory Administration, Northern 
Border Pipeline Company, 717 Texas Street, Houston, Texas, at phone 
number: (832) 320-5487, or by e-mail: [email protected].
    On November 12, 2009, the Commission staff granted Northern 
Border's request to utilize the National Environmental Policy Act 
(NEPA) Pre-Filling Process and assigned Docket Number PF10-2-000 to 
staff activities involving the Princeton Lateral. Now, as of the filing 
Northern Border's application on July 2, 2010, the NEPA Pre-Filling 
Process for this project has ended. From this time forward, Northern 
Border's proceeding will be conducted in Docket No. CP10-468-000, as 
noted in the caption of this Notice.
    Pursuant to Section 157.9 of the Commission's rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 
within 90 days of this Notice the Commission staff will either: 
complete its environmental assessment (EA) and place it into the 
Commission's public record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or issue a 
Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review. If a Notice of Schedule 
for Environmental Review is issued, it will indicate, among other 
milestones, the anticipated date for the Commission staff's issuance of 
the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) or EA for this 
proposal. The filing of the EA in the Commission's public record for 
this proceeding or the issuance of a Notice of Schedule for 
Environmental Review will serve to notify Federal and State agencies of 
the timing for the completion of all necessary reviews, and the 
subsequent need to complete all federal authorizations within 90 days 
of the date of issuance of the Commission staff's FEIS or EA.

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    There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of 
this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by 
becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or 
before the comment date stated below, file with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, a 
motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 
385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person 
obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by 
the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies of all 
documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. A party must 
submit 14 copies of filings made with the Commission and must mail a 
copy to the applicant and to every other party in the proceeding. Only 
parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders 
in the proceeding.
    However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have 
comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with 
the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and 
two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project. 
The Commission will consider these comments in determining the 
appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will 
not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission's 
rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project 
provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly 
involved in the protest.
    Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of 
this project should submit an original and two copies of their comments 
to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commentors will be 
placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive 
copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings 
associated with the Commission's environmental review process. 
Environmental commentors will not be required to serve copies of filed 
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commentors will 
not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by 
the Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents 
issued by the Commission) and will not have the right to seek court 
review of the Commission's final order.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, 
protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link 
at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should 
submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the 
Federal Energy regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
    Comment Date: August 2, 2010.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-17551 Filed 7-16-10; 8:45 am]
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